Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 3:6-13

6And itcomeוַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961topassבִּֽהְיוֹת֙bih.yOtH1961,whileהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961there waswarהַמִּלְחָמָ֔הha.mil.cha.MahH4421betweenH996thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586and thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, thatAbnerוְאַבְנֵ֛רve.'av.NerH74madeH2388himselfH2388strongH2388in thehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofSaulשָׁאֽוּל׃sha.'UlH7586.

7NowH935Saulוּלְשָׁא֣וּלu.le.sha.'UlH7586had aconcubineפִּלֶ֔גֶשׁpi.Le.geshH6370,whoseH8034nameוּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.MahH8034wasRizpahרִצְפָּ֣הritz.PahH7532, thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofAiahאַיָּ֑ה'ai.YahH345: andIsh-boshethH559saidH559toAbnerאַבְנֵ֔ר'av.NerH74, Wherefore hast thougoneH935in unto myfather’sאָבִֽי׃'a.ViH1concubineפִּילֶ֥גֶשׁpi.Le.geshH6370?

8Then wasAbnerלְאַבְנֵ֨רle.'av.NerH74veryמְאֹ֜דme.'OdH3966wroth for thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofIsh-boshethH378, andsaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, Am I adog’sכֶּ֥לֶבKe.levH3611headהֲרֹ֨אשׁha.RoshH7218that belongeth toJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֒li.hu.DahH3063? Thisdayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213I shewkindnessחֶ֜סֶדChe.sedH2617unto thehouseבֵּ֣ית׀beitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586thyfatherאָבִ֗יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1, to hisbrethrenאֶחָיו֙'e.ChavH251, and to hisfriendsמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּme.re.'E.huH4828, and havenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808deliveredH3027theeintoאֶל־'el-H413thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, and yet thou chargestmeוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117with afaultהִמְצִיתִ֖ךָhim.tzi.Ti.khaH4672concerning thiswomanהָאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.ShahH802.

9Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430doיַעֲשֶׂ֤הya.'a.SehH6213soכֵ֖ןkhenH3651toAbnerלְאַבְנֵ֔רle.'av.NerH74, andmoreH3254also,ifכִּ֗יKiH3588, as theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֤עnish.Ba'H7650toDavidלְדָוִ֔דle.da.VidH1732, Idoאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213notH3254evenכִּֽי־ki-H3588soH3651to him;

10to translate thekingdomהַמַּמְלָכָ֖הha.mam.la.KhahH4467from thehouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004ofSaulשָׁא֑וּלsha.'UlH7586, and tosetH6965upH6965thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofDavidדָוִ֗דda.VidH1732overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478and overJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063, fromDanמִדָּ֖ןmi.DanH1835evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704to Beer-sheba.

11And hecouldיָכֹ֣לya.KholH3201notוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808answerלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725Abnerאַבְנֵ֖ר'av.NerH74anotherע֔וֹדodH5750wordדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697,becauseH3372hefearedמִיִּרְאָת֖וֹmi.yir.'a.ToH3372him.

12AndAbnerאַבְנֵ֨ר'av.NerH74sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֧ים׀mal.'a.KhimH4397toDavidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732on hisbehalfעִמָּ֔ךְ'i.MakhH5973,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,Whoseלְמִי־le.mi-H4310is thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559also,Makeכָּרְתָ֤הka.re.TahH3772thyleagueבְרִֽיתְךָ֙ve.ri.te.KhaH1285withmeאֶל־'el-H413, and,beholdוְהִנֵּה֙ve.hi.NehH2009, myhandיָדִ֣יya.DiH3027shall be with thee, tobringלְהָסֵ֥בle.ha.SevH5437aboutאֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413allכָּל־kol-H3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478unto thee.

13And hesaidH559,Wellט֔וֹבTovH2896; I willmakeאֶכְרֹ֥ת'ekh.RotH3772aleagueבְּרִ֑יתbe.RitH1285with thee: but onethingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697Irequireשֹׁאֵ֨לsho.'ElH7592of thee, that is, thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808seeתִרְאֶ֣הtir.'EhH7200myfaceH6440,exceptאִם־'im-H518thoufirstאֶחָ֡ד'e.ChadH259bringH935Michalמִיכַ֣לmi.KhalH4324Saul’sשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586daughterבַּת־bat-H1323, when thou comest toseeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200myfaceH6440.

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